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Kenneth Hendrickson could get a group of people to skip on their way home from a restaurant or dance in their seats during a long road trip. He was willing to try almost anything and believed in having fun, said his wife, Reane.
His son, Trevor, said Hendrickson always set aside "guy time" for them and was at ease with Trevor's high school friends. "He was really a big kid to me," Trevor said.
Staff Sgt. Hendrickson, 41, died Jan. 24, 2004, when his convoy was hit by a roadside bomb north of Fallujah, Iraq. His Army Reserve unit was based in Bismarck, N.D. He joined the National Guard in 1989.
Described by his wife as a "computer geek through and through," Hendrickson, of Bismarck, worked as a computer technician for the local school district.
His mother recalled Hendrickson's descriptions of poverty in Iraq. "He felt he needed to be there," Adeline Reis said. "He never complained."
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